The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-07-16

Harvesting Is about over.
-Weatherly gets the silk mill
--Huckeberries are abundant.
we are on the last half of 1887.
- -Hazleton didn't get the silk mill.
White Haven wants an educational in
stitute
"A S. Of V. Camp will be organized at
Easton
1t is against the law to shoot robins at
any time.
jamestown is to have new school
building.
Handsome silyerware at E. II. Hohl's,
Mauch Chunk.
-Thirty.two prisoners are confined in
Lehigh county Jail
Farmers in Berks county report a
failure OF all crops.
There are FIVE insane prisoners in the
Luzerne county jail.
New and rich designs in rings at E. H.
Hollis, Maach Chunk.
-Luzerne county has ninety-four prison.
ers confined in the county Jail.
&c. +. Deibert repears all kinds of sew
ing machine, Work guaranteed.
There died in Bcrks county recently a
man aged one hundred and two years.
-Danial Bachman; of Bowmanstown,
lost an interesting child by death one day
this week.
-Roop's Golden Show will tent in Le-
highton sometime during the month of
September.
No wonder We poor country folk get
confused occasionally when they call Mauch
Chunk a city.
"A neat porch has been built ID front of
Robert Walp's Eagle Store and residence
on Bank street.
The young fellows who HAD their fingers
burned last Saturday win probably know
better next rime.
The residences Of Lewis Trainer and
Frank Gerber, on Lehigh street, haYe been
nicely repainted.
The Chautanqua Scientific Circle and
the Philharmonic society, of town, will
picnic at Glen Oncko Saturday.
The ADVOCATE goes into more homes
than any other county paper. Advertisers
should bear the above fact in mind.
Mrs. Thos. Swartz who, few weeks
ago, opened laundry in the rear of Helms
shoe store. is overcrowded with orders.
George Miller our popular contractor
and builder, is erecting two-story resi-
dence for George Stuber, the tunsorial ar
tist.
-Lost--A Jr. o. U. A. NJ. badge, be-
tween the Carbon House and l.. V. Round
House. Finder will please return ii to this
office.
Our bona file circulation is unquestion-
ably larger than that of any other county
paper. Reason-wc give all the latest and
best news for s1.O0 per year
"A team composed of members of the
Order OF Tonti challenges any team Of any
other secret order of town to play a game
of ball. Golden Eagles preferred,
Mrs Annie Miller has moved her
dressmaking establishment into her new
residence on Lehigh stteet, five doors from
Elm, where she will be pleased to receive
all old and new patrons. IT,
There is nothing more delightful thso
pleasure ride through our picturesque
valleys at this time OF the year. Dayt
Ebbert furnishes fine rigs at low rates
Livery, on North street.
The star which shines with so mucl
brilliancy in the northwest sky, disappear
ing below the horizon at about eleven o.
clock, Is not an electric light as many peo
pie suppose, but is the planet Venus.
We are better prepared than any othel
printing establishment in the Lehigh Val
ley to do all kinds of job work at the loves
rates. A trial will convince that we a.;
headquarters for latest styles and bes
Workmanship.
FOR the eight days ending July 0, ther'
we're 140, 400 tons of coal shipped over tn,
Lehish Valley railroad, making a total t.
date of 4,2S4,073 tons, and showing an in
I crease of 500, ,709 tons compared with sam
late last year.
Special sermons on next Sunday, in tn
NJ. L. Church, by the pastor, Rey. VIM
Major Morning topic, Jacobs Dream
Evening "The song of Moses and the lamb
To be proceeded BY soul-inspiring SON.
service. A cordial welcome to all. a..
Leopold Meyer, of the Dolonsburg Ho
tel, has ilrst-rate accommodations for 81,
or eight good boarders, at $3.50 per week
Persons who wish the comforts of hom
should not miss this opportunity. Leopol,
keeps nice clean and quiet place.
The Hazleton Sentinel was recentl
purchased by Wallace, Maue & McCloskey
The new management promise to make u
a newspaper in every respect superior t
any published in the coal regions and W
believe they mean it, We welcome it t
our table.
"A very enjoyable birth dav party i
honor of Mrs. Leopold Meyer came off &
her residence at Packerton, Tuesday. Anon
those present from distance were Mr.:
Chas. Armbruster, Mrs. Chas. Grayer. Mrs
Dunbar, Mrs. Enes Diehl and Misses Lizzi
Shilliuger and Mary and Ida Diehl. TIL
usual conviyallties were INDUCED in
Competency in school teachers shoul
be the only requisite expected aud insiste
upon. The work of educating the chi!dre
should be more than money getting occl
pation;-a love for the work; qualities
tiou to instruct, not hear recitat,ons;
firm but courteous government of pupil
are requisites which no successful teache
can avoid,
The harvest is nearly over, the croI
are being gathered in, and now comes th
time for the annual harvest sermons IN ti
country churches in accordance with goOC
old-time custom. Discourses approprial
, to the occasion are preached, the church'
+ are frequently decorated with flowers an
eyergreens intertwined with the produce
!, OF the fields and the ceremonies, havir